Sec. 5007.218. EXPENSE POLICY. The port commission shall adopt an expense policy that includes:
(1) spending guidelines for meals, lodging, and entertainment, including a process for handling and documenting exceptions to the guidelines if business needs require an exception;
(2) clear expense report protocols, including:
(A) the use of cash advances;
(B) the separation of reports from port commissioners and authority employees; and
(C) clear lines of accountability for the submission of reports; and
(3) a prohibition on the use of authority funds for a meal for a port commissioner or an authority employee that is not part of approved travel for authority business or part of a business-related function with outside parties.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 139 (H.B. 1642), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2013.
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